Lamp-manufacturing machine.



G. W. BEADLE. LAMP MANUFAGTURING MACHINE. APPLIGATION FILED JULY19,1909.

1 031,7 Patented July 9, 1912. I ZSHEETBTSHBBT 1.

- G. W. BEADLE.

LAMP MANUFAGTURING MACHINE. APPLIGATION FILED JULY 19,1909.

1,031,770. Patented July 9, 1912.

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have" been first cut into the desired lengths v or forms and theninserted individually and that, as the shaft 4 is rotated, theeccentrics nrrnn s'rA rEs PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. BEADLE, OF EAST ORANGE, NEWJERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 WESTINGHOUSE 4i LAMP COMPANY, A QORIORA TION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

LAMP-MANUFACTURING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1912.

Animation filed m 19,1909. Serial No. 508,588. y.

To all whom it may concern:

4 Beit known that I, GEORGE W. BEADLE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement inLamp-Manufacspecification. My invention relates to machines employed inthe manufacture of incandescent electric lamps, and it has for itsobjectto provide a machine whereby the production oflamps may be greatlyfacilitated.

In the manufacture of incandescentelectrio lamps, it is usual to insertsmall pieces of felt in the stems for the purpose of mainout ofengagement, and also, at the same time, to insert labels bearingadvertising matter or information with reference to the lamps. The feltand labels heretofore used manually by means of tweezers into the lampstems. The present invention is provided for the purpose of. reducingthe manual labor involved in inserting the felt and labels intot-he lampstems, and is adapted .tocut the pieces of felt and the labels fromcontinuous lengths that are carried upon reels and from which they aredrawn at the rate required. r Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings-is aside view of a machine that embodies the present invention, some of theparts being shown in section forthe sake of clearness of illustration,and Fig. 2 is a front view of the machine of Fig. 1. 1

The machine comprises a main sup orting frame or standard 1 that ismounte upon the edge of a table 2 and is provided at its top withhearing brackets 3 for a main driv-' ing shaft 4, that is providedbetween, and adjacent to, the bearing brackets 3 with eccentrics 5. Theeccentrics 5 are operatively connected, by means of links 6, tolaterally projecting pins 7 carried byablock member 8 for which guidesor ways 9 are provided in the front ttertical face of the frame 1, so

5 through the links 6, effect vertical reciprocationof the block 8. Theblock 8 caradapted coiiperate with a plate 11, se-

cured to the front vertical face ofthe frame 1, to out pieces of feltand the labels from the continuous lengths thereof.

Upon the shaft 4, between theeccentric' 5,

is a cam 14 in the path of movement'of which is a roller 15 thatis'mounted in the upper .end of a vertical rod or-plunger 16.

Theblock 8 is provided with an aperture that extends verticallytherethrough from top to bottom to provide a mounting and guide for thelunger 16, the lower end of the aperture eing partially closed by abushing 18 that is secured in position by means of a set screw 19, anda' helical compresslon spring 20 being interposed bet-ween the top ofthe bushing 18 and the bottom of the plunger 16 for the purpose ofresiliently the plunger inits "uppermost maintainin ecured in the lower.end of the position.

plunger 16, and extending downwardly through the spring 20, the bushing18, and

an aperture-in the knife 10, is a rod .or auxiliary plunger 21 that isprovided .for'the purpose of pressing the, pieces of felt and the labelsinto the stems of the lamps.

Upon the end of the shaft 4 is a notched cam 23 the edge of whichengages a) roller 24'that is mounted at one end of the lever 25, thesaid lever being fulcrumed to a lat-' erally projecting bracket 25, thatis secured to the frame 1. The lower end ofthe lever 25 is :connected,by means ofa' link 26, teen arm 27 that is pivotallyand tloosely'mounted upon the shaft 28, a helical tension spring 29 being providedfor the purfi pose of maintaining the roller 24- in en gagement with thecam 23. The arm 27 y carries a pawl 30 that is maintained'in en gagementwith a ratchet wheel 31 by means of'a spring 32, the ratchet wheel 31being mounted upon and secured to the shaft28.

Also rigidly mounte upon the shaft 28 is a toothed feedroll 33 that.projects through theside of a guide 34 for a strip of felt 35,

the roll 33 serving to feed or advance the strip of felt 35 as the'shaft28 is rotated.

The felt 35 is drawn from a reel 36 thatis applied are 'their'stems upand directly beneath the .plunger 21, in an annular bracket 46, and.strips of felt and paper are fed upon the upper end thereof by means ofthe feed rolls 33 and 42, the operation of the feed rolls f beingeffected-by the pawl 30 which advances the ratchet wheel 31 a distancerepresen ed by't-he angular distance between its teeth foreachrevolution of the cam 23 and of the main driving shaft 4. Immediatelyafter the felt and paper strips have been advanced the full distance,the eccentrics 5 cause a, downward movement of the block 8 and the knife10'; thus pieces of the felt and. paper are cut off, and are immediatelyinserted in thestem of the lamp by means of the rod or auxiliary plunger21, which is caused to descend by the cam 14:. During the continuedoperation of the machine, the

-rod tin-auxiliary plunger 21 is withdrawn from th stem of the lamp andthe block 8 and kni e 10 are raised, and also, the pawl 30. The roller.24 'on the end of the arm 25 is also pressed downwardly, and the pawl isthereby raised to engage the next tooth of the ratchet 31. The lamp inwhich the felt'and label have been inserted may then be removed andanother one substituted therefor.

v I claim as my invention:

7,1. A machine of the class described comprising a plurality of guidesfor the materials operated .upon the exits of which are immediatelyadjacent, feed devices for advancing the materials through the guides,means for actuating the same intermittently,

a reciprocating knife for severing the maand a plunger for disposingterials as fed d pieces of material.

of the severe 2. A machine of the class described comprising a pluralityof guides for the mate rials operated upon the exits of which areimmediately adjacent, feed devices for advancing the'materialsthrough'the guides, a

ratchet for advancing the materials through the guides, a ratchetconnected to the feed devices, a pawl engaging the ratchet, means foractuating the same intermittently, a re 1 ciprocating knifefor severingthe materials as fed, and a plunger for disposing of the severed piecesof material,

3. A machine of the class described comprising a plurality of superposedguides for the materials operated upon the exits of which areimmediately adjacent, separate feed devices for advancing the materialsthrough the guides, means for actuatin the same intermittently, areciprocating ife for severing the materials at the; ends ofv theguides, and a plunger for disposing of the severed pieces of material.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 7 day ofJuly,

GEORGE 'W. BEADLE. Witnesses ARTHUR S. KNIGHT, R. C. Kononnnm Copies ofthis patent may be obtained Ior five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. 0. V

